I am in love with Sco's ring - not as much as I'm in love with him, but the ring is awesome.
We found this Japanese artist living in Brooklyn who makes these rings and other jewelry on
NOTCOT.org, a wonderful blog of art and design that Sco looks at just about every day. Her name is
Sakurako Shimizu.
Sakurako takes a voice recording and then laser cuts a hole through metal in the shape of the sound wave form generated by the sound recording program. She makes necklaces of giggles, bracelets of bell chimes, and wedding bands of a spouse saying "I do" or something else.
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We recorded my voice saying "I love you" and sent it in an email to Sakurako. We met with her in Brooklyn to discuss the ring and which metal she should use. She is so sweet. Apparently, we're the first people for whom she's made jewelry that she's actually met. She bought us brunch, too. :) We were smitten with her (Sco's cringing at the use of that word, I'm sure) and her jewelry, but I only just learned that she's socially responsible, too! She only uses 100% recycled gold and precious metals from
Hoover and Strong. And her prices are very reasonable. I just loved the whole experience.
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Our rings together on a funky flower